This is some amazing research, and pulls together so much data that I don't think anyone has been able to join together before. The researchers obtained anonymi

This is some amazing research, and pulls together so much data that I don't think anyone has been able to join together before. The researchers obtained anonymized data on parental income, admissions decisions across different colleges and, for some colleges, internal admissions ratings. This is the author's non-technical summary. The full paper: https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Paper.pdf https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/C... Presentation deck available here: https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Slides.pdf https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/C... NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-le... Economist article: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/24/the-making-of-americas-elite https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/24/the-makin... One of the interesting charts shows how those scoring at the 99th percentile of the SAT have a higher chance of attending an 'Ivy-plus' colleges if they're extremely rich or extremely poor: https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Nontech_Figure2.pdf https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/C...